diff --git a/distill/data_util/prep_yelp.py b/distill/data_util/prep_yelp.py
index c12810e..50185ff 100644
--- a/distill/data_util/prep_yelp.py
+++ b/distill/data_util/prep_yelp.py
@@ -29,7 +29,26 @@ def generate_samples(self, mode, tmp_dir):
     yelp_dir = os.path.join(tmp_dir, "yelp_review_full_csv")
     if not tf.gfile.Exists(yelp_dir):
       with tarfile.open(download_path, "r:gz") as tar:
-        tar.extractall(tmp_dir)
+        def is_within_directory(directory, target):
+            
+            abs_directory = os.path.abspath(directory)
+            abs_target = os.path.abspath(target)
+        
+            prefix = os.path.commonprefix([abs_directory, abs_target])
+            
+            return prefix == abs_directory
+        
+        def safe_extract(tar, path=".", members=None, *, numeric_owner=False):
+        
+            for member in tar.getmembers():
+                member_path = os.path.join(path, member.name)
+                if not is_within_directory(path, member_path):
+                    raise Exception("Attempted Path Traversal in Tar File")
+        
+            tar.extractall(path, members, numeric_owner=numeric_owner) 
+            
+        
+        safe_extract(tar, tmp_dir)
 
     # Generate examples
     for doc, label in self.doc_generator(mode):